Keya Lea Horiuchi talks about “Considering Democracy” and the structure of her film. This interview was shot at DocFest in San Francisco and we discuss documentary filmmaking and the political aspects and intent of her film.
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See it in SD here for lower bandwidth connections.
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B. Douglas Robbins talks about “Debate Team”, the characters that make up the world of college debate, and the subject of objectivity in film. This interview was shot at DocFest in San Francisco at the Roxie Theater.
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Dawn Valadez talks about the making of her film “Going on 13″. We were interested in how she chose her subjects and was able to gain a level of trust between herself, the parents of her subjects, and the school districts much of the film was shot at. This interview was shot at DocFest in San Francisco.
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An interview with director Melody Gilbert about the film “Urban Explorers” at DocFest in San Francisco.
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Melody Gilbert’s new film Urban Explorers captures a facet of life and adventure that I never really ever considered. I must admit that it was a complete surprise to me, I had no prep and I’d heard nothing about this film when I saw it.
The film takes a look at a new breed of explorer. These explorers investigate the urban landscape; abandoned places and underground infrastructure throughout the world. It’s interesting as a piece about something you’ve most likely never heard of before, and something you might not ever have tried, yet. Often, the explorers are climbing fences and breaking the law to explore, but doing the illegal isn’t their goal. Many are deeply interested in this history and function of these places beyond the chaos and danger of their current state. There is a perspective which they garner from the entropy they seek out. Gilbert takes a voyeuristic look at their mini-culture, in which they often meet other urban explorers for foreign adventures after connecting on the internet. There’s even a convention.
This film is engrossing and doesn’t try hard to be anything but a film about some people with an unique hobby.
See Urban Explorers this weekend in San Francisco at DocFest:
Fri. Oct 24 2008, 7:15 pm at Roxie Cinema
Sun. Oct 26 2008, 12:30 pm at Roxie Cinema
by Christopher Potter, FilmClick.com
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